M'Gladbach raped Bayern Munich, i must say. The team didn't play as good as this since a long time. Add to it that Bayern players were crippled, Robben was absent, Schweinsteiger is still not fit to play, Mueller wasn't in in shape.

Borussia Dortmund's hopes of defending their Bundesliga title took a severe hit on Tuesday when the club confirmed that star playmaker Mario Gotze will miss six to eight weeks due to a hip injury.

The 19-year-old has been struggling with a persistent groin problem since December, and further evaluation from BVB team doctor Markus Braun, which was later confirmed by Germany doctor Hans-Wilhelm Muller-Wohlfahrt, found that the cartilage in Gotze's hip had inflamed under stress.

The official Dortmund website revealed that the player will cease all training for two weeks before resuming a personalised plan with specific rehabilitation exercises. Tentatively, the club believe he might be available to face Augsburg on March 10.

However, Gotze's ailment is more complicated than most common athletic injuries, which typically are repaired by arthroscopic procedures and come with standardised recovery periods.

Bayern Munich winger Arjen Robben was diagnosed a similar ailment in August, and that, coupled with a groin hernia sustained later in the campaign, kept him out of the starting line-up until mid-November.

Koln coach Stale Solbakken has received some disturbing news from the treatment table in the aftermath of his side's 4-1 Bundesliga loss against Schalke on Saturday, as attacker Lukas Podolski sustained an injury and faces a spell on the sidelines.

The Germany international opened the scoring after four minutes of play, and stayed on the pitch right until the final whistle.

He complained about pain in his left foot after the match, however, and a scan has revealed that he will be out of action for several weeks.

"He will be unavailable for quite a while. He could miss three to four weeks," Solbakken was quoted as saying by Express.

Podolski has been in excellent form in the 2011-12 campaign, and has already netted 15 goals in 18 Bundesliga appearances.

yeah I know, it's insane.. I'm having mixed feelings about this, I'm happy and excited about this season since there are 4 league title contenders, on the other hand, as a Bayern fan, I'm nervous because it's gonna be very hard to get...